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	<description>Making Sense Of Nuclear Industry Issues</description>
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		<title>The Carbon Plan</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/12/the-carbon-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Carbon Plan published in December 2011, sets out the Government&#8217;s plans for achieving the emissions reductions committed to in the first four carbon budgets, on the way to reducing UK emissions by 80% from 1990 levels in 2050. Annex C of this report includes an updated version of the Government-wide plan of action on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear Research and Development Capabilities</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/11/nuclear-research-and-development-capabilities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Science and Technology Committee, under the Chairmanship of Lord Krebs, has launched a short inquiry to investigate whether the UK’s nuclear research and development (R&#38;D) capabilities are sufficient to meet its future nuclear energy requirements to 2050. You can find the Call for Evidence here.  In recent months, a number of reports, including a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chair of the Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board Reappointment</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/11/chair-of-the-nuclear-liabilities-financing-assurance-board-reappointment/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/11/chair-of-the-nuclear-liabilities-financing-assurance-board-reappointment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Decommissioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nlfab]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lady Janet Balfour of Burleigh has been reappointed as Chair of the Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board (NLFAB) for a second term of office. The role of the NLFAB is to ensure that operators of new nuclear power stations make robust financial arrangements to meet the full costs of decommissioning and their full share of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GDA Quarterly Report for 1 July &#8211; 30 September</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/10/gda-quarterly-report-for-1-july-30-september/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/10/gda-quarterly-report-for-1-july-30-september/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest routine quarterly report on the progress of Generic Design Assessment of the AP1000 and UK EPR reactors is available. You can read it here.]]></description>
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		<title>European Nuclear Researchers to Tour UK Facilities</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/09/european-nuclear-researchers-to-tour-uk-facilities/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/09/european-nuclear-researchers-to-tour-uk-facilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fission]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of 9 leading European nuclear fission researchers and specialists will visit key nuclear research facilities in the UK between the 24th and 27th October 2011.   This unique tour is facilitated and organised by the UK Science and Innovation team from the British Embassy in Switzerland, in collaboration with the National Nuclear Laboratory, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digest of UK Energy Statistics 2011</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/08/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/08/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[DECC has released  four key publications, providing detailed analysis of production, transformation and consumption of energy in 2010. Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 2011 UK Energy in Brief Energy Flow Chart Energy Consumption in the UK To view the complete set of tables and information contained in the release, please see: Statistical press release: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ONR and Environment Agency Publish GDA Issues</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/07/onr-and-environment-agency-publish-gda-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/07/onr-and-environment-agency-publish-gda-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office for Nuclear Regulation ONR and Environment Agency have completed their initial assessment of the safety cases for the two proposed new nuclear reactor designs and have published all of the issues that still need resolving. For both designs, the regulators are confident that industry can produce credible plans for resolving all of the issues, and, with the exception of those relating to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sizewell B Dry Fuel Store Consent</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/07/sizewell-b-dry-fuel-store-consent/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/07/sizewell-b-dry-fuel-store-consent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DECC today approved an application under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for EDF Energy to construct and operate a Dry Fuel Store at the existing Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station at Leiston in Suffolk. The new dry fuel store will be used to house unused and spent fuel, currently located in a wet storage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Planning Reforms Approved by Parliament</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/07/energy-planning-reforms-approved-by-parliament/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/07/energy-planning-reforms-approved-by-parliament/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Developers of major energy projects in England and Wales will now have greater certainty on how planning applications will be considered after the Energy National Policy Statements were designated. This follows approval in a House of Commons vote last night. The independent Infrastructure Planning Commission will now use the NPSs to inform planning decisions. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Horizon Welcomes NPS Publication</title>
		<link>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/07/horizon-welcomes-nps-publication/</link>
		<comments>http://nuclearmatters.co.uk/2011/07/horizon-welcomes-nps-publication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Horizon Nuclear Power today welcomed the publication by the Department for Energy and Climate Change of the energy-specific National Policy Statements (NPS). The publication of the six statements (EN1 – 6) sets the strategic backdrop for the planning process for a range of projects, including the development of new nuclear power stations. Alan Raymant, COO [...]]]></description>
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